Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for October 11, 2021

Goshen & Kettering have basically the same color scheme for their uniforms. Let’s see if the rest of Milford’s opponents also will.

P3 the Goshen ball carrier mocks the “Great Chance Macy” scores by diving like a flying squirrel then humping the goal line until he goes “blow top” all over it, could be a long night for Milford

As the Goshen player flies over the goal line Marty asks, “Who is this Clark Kent kid they’ve got playing for them?”

Land of Goshen achieved.

Why does the date keep following me around?

In three days, Tevin goes from blue to purple to brown hair color. Is the kid’s mother a hair stylist? If so, she should get Chance a shape up. That True Do is 6 years out of date.

Mr. Vito from Goshen may have a nephew on the team, and may have been seen joking around with the officials before the game. No one seemed to remember any of this when asked.

P 2.5: “….and quit chasin’ that idiot Kianna around….think about holding on to the ball instead…”

Those white yardage lines on the field are way off, or else that guy is HUGE!

P-3: Look! Down in the sky? It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a Senior Citizen who tripped!

P-3 (part II) Coach Thorp challenges the call claiming illegal But-Fin for aero-dynamics isn’t approved uniform wear.

Introducing the world’s smallest regulation football.

Another guy who dives into the end zone despite being in the clear. What a bunch of hot dogs.

Chance is ready for his close up in P2. Also photobomb girl should do something with her hair.

P 2: “…I’m saying Gramps and Granny call the shots and coach is just their lapdog…”

Never mind the shock of Goshen being 2-0? Seriously? The perennial doormat?

Those aren’t yard lines, since the final one is about one foot away from the goal, and since they’re all less than 3 feet apart. Instead, they are apparently ropes that have been strung across the field, causing the players to trip over them when they break for the open field. Goshen adopted this strategy when they lost too many games due to long punt returns and deep passes.

$20 says Chance has blue eyes tomorrow.

Goshen, Indiana is where I started following in the Chicago Tribune, aware Milford — pop. 1000 or so — was just down the road. Coach Thorp’s team fell just short of the playdowns that Fall, but Goshen has usually been a win, and Milford then won a championship (in football), two years before my Cubbies did.

Why do we keep hearing from all these boring joker, choker, and social challenged losers, when the superstar with no storyline—Steve “Let’s go!” Lehto—is their best player?

Ah, we haven’t seen this lately. Both Tevin and Chance changed their shirts in the middle of the conversation that started in the previous strip. A bit weird considering that they aren’t in the locker room.

And speaking of weird, Mopped Up Thorp can always be counted on to be weird.